Symmetry and Asymmetry in Cryptography and Cyber Security
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Computer".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 183
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Computer Science, West Ukrainian National University, 46009 Ternopil, Ukraine
Interests: information security; cryptographic transformations; cyber-physical systems; cryptography
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Symmetry and asymmetry lie at the heart of cryptography, shaping the landscape of modern cybersecurity. The dichotomy between symmetric and asymmetric cryptographic schemes underscores their fundamental roles in securing digital communications and data. In the realm of cybersecurity, the dynamics of symmetry and asymmetry dictate the balance of power between attackers and defenders, influencing the effectiveness of defensive measures and the resilience of systems against malicious actors.
This Special Issue seeks to explore the nuanced interplay of symmetry and asymmetry in cybersecurity. We invite contributions that delve into various facets of this theme, including but not limited to novel cryptographic techniques, comparative analyses of symmetric and asymmetric protocols, the implications of quantum computing on cryptographic resilience, and strategies for mitigating emerging cyber threats through advanced cryptographic methodologies.
The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Symmetric cryptography.
- Asymmetric cryptography.
- Cryptographic hash functions.
- Cryptanalysis.
- Symmetry in cryptanalytic techniques.
- Quantum cryptography.
- Cyber security applications.
- Symmetry in network security protocols.
- Symmetric cryptography in IoT security.
- Symmetry in Blockchain and distributed systems.
- Symmetry in digital forensics and data protection.
Dr. Ruslan Shevchuk
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cryptography
- cryptosystems
- cryptanalysis
- cryptographic protocols
- quantum cryptography
- applied cryptography
- database security
- distributed system security
- blockchain
- digital forensics
- data protection
- web security
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Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Title: A symmetric encryption scheme based on a Pythagorean Triplets formula
Authors: Nadav Voloch
Affiliation: Ruppin Academic Center, Israel
Abstract: In the past decades cryptography and specifically encryption schemes were vastly researched. This is due to the developments in technology, communication, and the rising needs to use better, more resilient encryption for different types of attacks, that are getting more sophisticated and use much more computational power than before. For these encryption schemes, there is usually a use of mathematical computation, and different problems that are hard to solve, thus creating stronger schemes. There has been a use also in different classical problems of mathematics like computing prime numbers, using elliptic curves and lattices. In this paper we suggest a novel safe encryption scheme, that is based on a formula for manufacturing Pythagorean triplets (where both perpendiculars and hypotenuse are integers). We present the decryption and encryption formulas along with several examples of their operation and encoding results we achieved with the algorithm
